My Love for Jane Austen

Firstly, the Austenesque scout would like to wish a prosperous and joyous Lunar New Year in the year of the Water Dragon to all readers who are celebrating this event. With that done, here is a round up of the giveaways which you can participate for this week. Indie Jane is hosting a giveaway for two copies of Georgiana Darcy's Diary written and donated by Anna Elliott where one paperback copy goes to a reader from US or Canada and an e-book format is open to international entries . There are several ways to enter this contest and you can read them here . Deadline is next Monday, 30 January 2012 at 11.59 PST . Alyssa Goodnight whose debut novel Austen tatious is going to be launched next week has organised a scavenger hunt to encourage users to read her glowing reviews on the net. The bad news is this contest is open to US readers only. The prize is a US$100 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card or a Kindle Touch if she receives 1 to 500 entries . If there are m...

This diverting Jane Austen quiz was posted on Elegance of Fashion and I gladly took it to discover who I would be cast as if I were a Jane Austen secondary heroine. Well it's not surprising that I am a Jane Bennet from Pride and Prejudice because I generally believe in the goodness in people and I seldom think ill of them if I can help it. Lúthien84's Result: Jane Bennet on quiz: Which Jane Austen Secondary Heroine Are You? You are Jane Bennet of Pride and Prejudice ! Sweet, loving and compassionate almost to a fault, you have great difficulty in seeing anything but the best in people. You are quite five times as pretty as any of your sisters and most definitely your mother's favorite. You want to marry for love and not money, but somehow you manage to catch the eye of the richest bachelor in the neighborhood. How on earth did that happen? :) Quiz Maker Take this quiz & get your result Do take this fun quiz created by Miss Dashwood from Y...

The beginning of another week brings some fabulous news on book giveaways around the blogosphere courtesy of the Austenesque scout. Indie Jane community member, Candy Morton, has reviewed a Pride and Prejudice variation written by Wendi Sotis titled Promises and is offering two copies for readers who are interested to get it for free. One paperback copy will go to a reader from either US or Canada while an e-book edition in your preferred format is open to worldwide participants. As usual, there are several ways to enter this contest which ends next Monday, 23 January 2012 at 11:59 PST so read it here . Darcyholic Diversions administrator Barbara Tiller Cole has published a post by guest author Wendi Sotis. The prizes are the same as above for anyone leave a comment here . If you win an e-book edition, an autographed bookmark will be mailed to you. You have until Friday, 27 January 2012 to enter. Fly High! mistress Maria Grazia has interviewed historical romanc...

The Austenesque scout is pleased to inform her readers about four book giveaways especially for this week. My Jane Austen Book Club has an informative post on flu season in Jane Austen's time contributed by guest author Lauren Gilbert. After reading it, you can leave a comment or question with your email address to be entered into the drawing to win a copy of Heyerwood in hardcover format. However this giveaway is open to US and Canadian readers only and ends next Friday, 20 January 2012 . Meredith of Austenesque Reviews is hosting a worldwide giveaway for a brand new copy of Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine's Guide to Life and Love written by Patrice Hannon. If you are unsure whether this book is any good, do read her review first. Then leave a comment here by next Sunday, 22 January 2012 . The Calico Critic is offering one lucky US reader the opportunity to win a copy of Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale which will be released at the end of this ...

Forgive my tardiness in updating my blog because lately I have been quite busy since last month. Anyway for my annual round-up, here's a look at the challenges that I have committed to participate ending on 31 December 2011. Both of the two challenges are hosted by the amazing and talented Austenite blogger who runs Austenprose and editor of Jane Austen Made Me Do It short story anthology, Laurel Ann Nattress. These are the tasks that I have successfully completed and my review follows: Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011 Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011 From Prada to Nada (2011) The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine The Dashwood Sisters Tell All by Beth Pattillo Although the list is slightly different from my initial plan, sad to say that I failed to achieve my goal of completing two books for the first challenge and I still have one more task ...

Rating: ★★★★½/★★★★★ Definitely Not Mr. Darcy is Karen Doornebos's first foray into the writing world. I came to know her through Austen Authors blog posts where she is now a regular contributor to the Austenesque writing community. I did not hesitate to read this Austen-inspired romance as the premise sounds interesting and I wonder how the people of Jane Austen's time really lived without the glamourous, peaceful and luxuries we have come to associate with based on watching the film and television adaptations of her novels. Chloe Parker is a thirty-nine-year-old Chicago divorcée and a single mother to her eight-year-old daughter named Abigail with a failing antique letterpress business and unpaid bills and mortgages. Thus she agreed to participate in a Jane Austen documentary in the hope of winning the prize money of $100,000 in addition to generating PR for her business and securing Abigail's future. Armed with a thorough knowledge and understanding of Jane Austen...

The Austenesque scout would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and share some fabulous news regarding this week's book giveaways with her readers. Austenesque Review has a giveaway for two e-books of To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too) courtesy P. O. Dixon who is the author of the book. You can read Meredith's wonderful review to know whether this novel is for you. If it is, leave a comment here to be in the running to win it. This worldwide contest ends next Thursday, 12 January 2012 . Maria Grazia has posted a guest post by new Austenesque writer, Alyssa Goodnight on her Jane Austen dedicated blog My Jane Austen Book Club . For your information, Alyssa's new novel titled Austen tatious will be released at the end of the month. Read her post on her favourite Jane Austen quotes and then share yours if you would like to enter the international giveaway to win an autographed copy of Austen tatious . Contest closes on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 so you ha...

A new year brings new books that could be added to your personal library. Among the first Austenesque titles launched for the year is Dreaming of Mr. Darcy , Victoria Connelly's second book in her Austen Addicts trilogy. For your information, this book was released in UK last May under a different title called The Perfect Hero . If you have purchased the UK book, know that the contents are exactly the same. Since this book is published by Sourcebooks for the American market, Victoria will be embarking on a virtual tour through the blogosphere to celebrate and share her joy with book lovers. As is the norm for book tour, there will be giveaways for Dreaming of Mr. Darcy which are kindly provided by her US publisher and limited to readers from US and Canada . Victoria's blog tour schedule with giveaways is as follows: 1st: Dreaming of Mr. Darcy Blog Tour with Victoria Connelly @ Austenprose 9th: Royal Reviews Facebook page 14th: Visit and Giveaway with Author Vic...